Tag: Excuses

Mental gymnastics

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Lower right-hand corner, in red, “Missed schedule”. Hate when that happens. Yesterday GoDaddy Advanced Technical Support resolved my database issues. So coincidental that this happens less than 24 hours later. Has to be freak coincidence unrelated to anything else.

Overheard the phrase ‘calendar gymnastics’. Intrigued. It implies we need our calendar to perform like a gymnast. So i’m flushing out the concept five ways:

  1. Mental gymnastics
  2. Physical gymnastics
  3. Spiritual gymnastics
  4. Career gymnastics
  5. Priorities/Calendar gymnastics

Starting here with mental gymnastics.

Gymnast assumptions: Fit, flexible, strong core, balance, excellence, competitive, driven, no room for error.

To me mental gymnastics means we use all the gymnast’s traits to “perfect” our growth-mindset.

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If only, mentally

Disney classroom display
If you love and admire what Disney produces, why would you not try to replicate excellence in your own life?

Whatever “if only” narrative you have about your attitude, ensure it includes (fill in the blank).

For me it includes “if only i can always think positively, no matter what.”

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You can’t or you won’t?

29-second video: Under 30-seconds, yet still longer than the goal. The good news, i continue to try even though ‘failure’ is a constant result.
Cinderella Castle and parade floats
Yesterday was a great day at Disney’s Magic Kingdom.

Can’t and won’t are not the same thing.

i’ve learned saying i can’t is driven by a shortage of something — a shortage of desire, commitment, discomfort, etc.

Have also learned saying i won’t is rarely said because no one wants to sound unmotivated, uncommitted, lazy.

In reality, we can think positively all the time.

It’s not that we can’t think positively all the time, it’s that we won’t think positively all the time.

The reasons for substituting i can’t in place of the honest answer i won’t, are a mile long. Everyone has their perfect mental narrative for not desiring it, not committing to it, and not managing the uncomfortable inconveniences.

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All expenses paid by fear

Glacier National Park
Glacier National Park (GNP). Lake McDonald.

Fear is a one-way, all expenses paid trip to an unfulfilled life.

dad

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Add like a Jedi

Glacier National Park
Glacier National Park (GNP). Glacier Lilly.

Two wrongs don’t make a right, but they make a good excuse.

Thomas Szasz

Your attitude is everything and it’s the one thing only you control. Become a mental Jedi-Master.

dad

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